About Us:
Academic excellence and education in Mind, Body and Spirit reflect the WACS experience. A Catholic, co-educational school for grades K - 6, Winona Area Catholic Schools (WACS) educates students of all faiths, customs, cultures and beliefs.
We have created this website to give you a sense of WACS -
to provide a way for you to make an online visit to our schools, to explore our
campuses, and to see the programs and learn about the people that make us a
strong, dynamic faith filled school community.
Lifelong learning is part of achieving one's goals. We, at WACS, are unified in our mission to create the environment necessary to inspire academic excellence, character building, and strong leadership. Family traditions, strong educational standards and foundations for Catholicism for a lifetime can be found in our schools. Our students leave our program prepared to meet the challenges ahead of them with confidence and a smile.
Enrolled Families
Receive:
Early Childhood
through Grade 6
We offer exciting programs for children pre-school through 6th
grade. Learning starts at the age of 16 months at WACS. Our EduCare child care program housed in the St.Mary’s Primary School, allows busy families to
coordinate their hectic work schedule with the best
Limited Sized
Classes
Individualized attention ensures that each student is motivated to perform at
the best of his/her ability.
Highly Qualified
Faculty
Our students are guided by a dedicated team of gifted, understanding
educators, all certified and licensed in their teaching areas, many holding
advanced degrees.
Family Friendly
Atmosphere
Our teachers and parents join together to form a team dedicated to the
educating and upbringing of our students.
After School
Program
A comprehensive after school enrichment program includes a variety of
activities for each grade level.
Education And Care Created For The Whole Child
We are a vibrant Catholic community dedicated to providing
an excellent education integrated with Christian values. Through WACS mission
of providing each student with the best in education and character building,
the school aids in the development of self-expression and empowerment. With
exposure to a wide variety of experiences, each student gains opportunities to
grow in self-reliance, independent thinking, and concern for the community.
The Pre-Kindergarten through Sixth Grade program shares a set of established principles, or Goals Across the Curriculum. By offering Reading Resource, Faith and Spirituality, Music Education, Visual Art, Educational Technology, Physical Education, after school Athletic programs and supervised Aftercare for all grade levels, our students acquire healthy lifestyles which promote academically motivated, alert and successful children. The Winona Area Catholic Schools takes pride in encouraging students to achieve their highest potential in everything they do.
The WACS curriculum
strives to:
· Provide a safe and comfortable learning environment for success as well as failure,
while promoting
physical and mental well-being.
· Develop life-long learners.
· Offer opportunities to develop moral and ethical citizens and leaders.
· Encourage students to be responsible for their own actions.
· Engender creative self-expression.
· Encourage independent and critical thinking.
· Teach respect and understanding of individual differences.
· Encourage clear and articulate communication in spoken and written form.
· Have students understand the interdisciplinary nature of knowledge.
· Promote proficiency in technology as a tool for learning.
Faith and Spirituality:
At the Winona Area Catholic Schools students are given opportunities to grow in their faith and develop personal spirituality. We prepare our students for their future by working together as a loving, faith community of students, staff, families, and friends to teach as Jesus did. The commitment to faith, spirituality and the cornerstones of education that have evolved in our schools over the years, demonstrates the unity
of
the entire community of faith in
The administrators, faculty, staff are united in believing in the values of the Catholic faith. These values are taught and experienced on a parish level, in religion classes, all school liturgies, service activities, visitations to the elderly, and throughout academic learning environment. It is believed that these Catholic values will be the cornerstone for students.
The following include
some of our beliefs:
Catholic education is grounded in the traditional teachings of Catholicism.
Students are able to use their learning, spiritually and well as academically, in their everyday experiences.
Clergy, administration, teachers, students, parents, and the parish community share the responsibility for advancing the school's mission of growing in the Catholic faith and following the teachings of Jesus Christ.
And an example of our continuance for excellence is that WACS is accredited by the MN Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (MNSAA). Through accreditation, faculty, students, and parents benefit by knowing that teaching conditions in accredited schools meet necessary requirements and those efforts are continuously made for school improvement.
In Conclusion:
We have passed the 20 year mark of a consolidated school system and are
optimistic about the future of Catholic education in
For further information
or to schedule a tour of our schools contact…
Mr.
Scott N. Walker, Principal
Email: swalker@wacs1.org
Phone:
507-452-4936